WipEout 2097 Rental (France, Germany, UK)

WipEout 2097 is a futuristic anti-gravity racer developed and published by Psygnosis, and the direct sequel to the original WipEout. Set in the year 2097, it moves the action to the faster and more dangerous F5000 AG league, with weapons to collect and a thumping electronic soundtrack. It was released as WipEout XL in North America.

This is the Rental release, catalogued under serial SLES-00520 and dated 1 October 1996. A single pressing covers the UK, France and Germany. It was supplied in a Rental Case with no hologram, and holds one disk. The language is English only.

Rental copies were intended for video shops rather than retail shelves, so surviving examples usually show signs of heavy use. For collectors, a clean rental case of one of the best known launch era PlayStation racers is a satisfying find, and it makes a worthwhile companion to the standard retail copy.